Kelly is the representative for Mississippi’s 1st congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jun 9, 2015. Kelly’s current term ends on Jan 3, 2021.
![Photo of Rep. Trent Kelly [R-MS1]](/static/legislator-photos/412673-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2019 Report Card for Kelly.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Kelly is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Kelly has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Nov 20, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Trent Kelly sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Armed Services
- Military Personnel subcommittee Ranking Member
Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittees -
House Committee on Agriculture
Conservation and Forestry, Livestock and Foreign Agriculture subcommittees
Enacted Legislation
Kelly was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Kelly sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (35%) Commerce (30%) Government Operations and Politics (26%) Immigration (9%)
Recent Bills
Some of Kelly’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 8668: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans ...
- H.R. 7359: Accelerating Broadband Connectivity Act of 2020
- H.R. 6679: To amend the CARES Act to authorize the financing of inventory of American ...
- H.R. 6278: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 ...
- H.R. 6029: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 215 ...
- H.R. 6030: To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow spouses of uniformed service ...
- H.R. 5921: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 305 ...
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jun 2015 to Nov 2020, Kelly missed 56 of 3,155 roll call votes, which is 1.8%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
